General Biography: Or Lives, Critical And Historical, Of The Most Eminent Persons Of All Ages, Countries, Conditions And Professions, Arranged According To Alphabetical Order, Volume 9Robinson, 1814 - 644 pages |
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... body , active , and able . One of his first projects was to re- new the war with the Roman empire , to which he was instigated by one Cyriades , son of a commander in the Roman army , who had robbed his father and retired into Persia ...
... body , active , and able . One of his first projects was to re- new the war with the Roman empire , to which he was instigated by one Cyriades , son of a commander in the Roman army , who had robbed his father and retired into Persia ...
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... body . His forehead was wide , with a large vein down the middle of it ; his eye- brows were handsome , and his eyes large , black , and sprightly . His nose was large , but not long , and marked on the side next the right cheek by a ...
... body . His forehead was wide , with a large vein down the middle of it ; his eye- brows were handsome , and his eyes large , black , and sprightly . His nose was large , but not long , and marked on the side next the right cheek by a ...
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... body of French clergy , but the court wisely referred the dis- pute to the theologians . The exiled King of England Charles II . en- gaged Saumaise , in 1649 , to write in Latin a memorial in favour of his deceased father , which he ...
... body of French clergy , but the court wisely referred the dis- pute to the theologians . The exiled King of England Charles II . en- gaged Saumaise , in 1649 , to write in Latin a memorial in favour of his deceased father , which he ...
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... body in health and disease , together with the mathematical or geometrical principles employed to illustrate the pheno- mena of the corporeal functions . One of the first works in which he displayed his opinions was his " Theoria Febris ...
... body in health and disease , together with the mathematical or geometrical principles employed to illustrate the pheno- mena of the corporeal functions . One of the first works in which he displayed his opinions was his " Theoria Febris ...
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... body . It appeared in evidence that Savage was the perpetrator , and that he stabbed the man when he was not in a posture of defence . He also wounded a maid- servant who attempted to stop him . Being apprehended for the murder , he was ...
... body . It appeared in evidence that Savage was the perpetrator , and that he stabbed the man when he was not in a posture of defence . He also wounded a maid- servant who attempted to stop him . Being apprehended for the murder , he was ...
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General Biography: Or Lives, Critical And Historical, Of The Most ..., Volume 8 John Aikin,William Johnston No preview available - 2019 |
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